Wage Stagnation

The AI Job Apocalypse That Never Happened — And Why That’s Actually Terrifying

AI was supposed to destroy jobs with a bang — instead, it’s destroying them with a whimper. The real carnage isn’t mass unemployment; it’s wage stagnation, burnout, and the quiet degradation of work itself. This article unpacks why the missing apocalypse is actually more terrifying than the one we were promised, and what you can do about it.